New Zealand

Question 1

Hawke’s Bay is sheltered from the Westerlies by what mountain ranges?

Answer 1

Kaweka Ranges

Ruahine Ranges

Question 2

% of New Zealand wine that is exported

Answer 2

66%

Question 3

what are the “roaring forties”

Answer 3

strong westerly winds from the Tasman Sea

- reason not much viticulture on west side of New Zealand

Question 4

who is New Zealand’s largest sparkling wine producer?

Answer 4

Landauer

Question 5

Central Otago’s warmer sub-regions

Answer 5

Bannockburn, Bendigo, Cromwell Basin

Question 6

name 3 producers in Bannockburn

Answer 6

Felton Road, Mt Difficulty, Akarua

Question 7

name 3 producers in Bendigo

Answer 7

Mud House, Quartz Reef

Question 8

name a producer of Cromwell Basin

Answer 8

Burn Cottage

Question 9

region of New Zealand showing promise for Gewurztraminer:

Answer 9

Gisborne (Poverty Bay)

Question 10

% of New Zealand wine closed with screw cap:

Answer 10

85% (Kim Crawford was 1st)

Question 11

3rd most planted grape of Canterberry

Answer 11

Riesling

Question 12

Central Otago’s cooler sub-regions

Answer 12

Gibbston & Wannaka

Question 13

region of New Zealand most comparable to Burgundy

Answer 13

Canterbury

Question 14

Auckland sub regions

Answer 14

Kumeo, Waiheke, Mutukana

Question 15

primary sub-regions of Nelson

Answer 15

Waimea Plains, Upper Moutare

Question 16

notable Hawke’s Bay sub-regions

Answer 16

Gimblett Gravels, Ngtarawa, Dartmore Valley, Esk Valley

Question 17

when were vines 1st planted in New Zealand and where?

Answer 17

1819 in Northland

-James Busby planted and made 1st wine in 1833

Question 18

Is Wairau or Awatare the cooler sub-region of Marlborough

Answer 18

Awatare Valley

- pioneered by Vavasour in 1986

Question 19

who launched Cloudy Bay? What year?

Answer 19

David Hohen (Cape Mentelle)
1985

Question 20

New Zealand wine regions are defined by

Answer 20

Local Government Act of 1974

Question 21

Marlborough sub-regions

Answer 21

Awatere, Wairau, Southern Valley

Question 22

Waiparra is protected from eastern winds by ___________ and western winds by__________

Answer 22

Teviotdale Hills

Southern Alps

Question 23

regions of New Zealands North Island

Answer 23

Northland
Auckland
Gisbourne
Hawke's Bay
Wairarapa

Question 24

sub regions of Nelson

Answer 24

Waimea Plains, Upper Moutare, Motueka, Takaka

Question 25

top Wairarapa producers

Answer 25

Te Kairanga, Dry River, Ata Rangi, Kasuda, Escarpment

Question 26

major Otago sub-regions

Answer 26

Bannockburn, Cromwell Basin, Gibbston, Alexandria, Wanaka,

Question 27

Wairarapa sub-regions

Answer 27

Martinborough & Gladstone

Question 28

river that changes course in the 1870s to form what is now Gimblett Gravels

Answer 28

Ngaruraro